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VFDM supports the development of a regional programme based on Nature-based Solutions (NBS) in the Volta basin

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the Volta Basin Authority (VBA) and Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA), in collaboration with IUCN, organised and held six (6) national capacity building workshops for Volta Basin stakeholders on Nature-based Solutions for the development of bankable projects and the mobilisation of funding for their implementation in national and Volta Basin-wide portions.
/ West Africa

TFTC 2 Burkina Faso strengthens the capacities of the members of the KOLGWEOGO association

The Kolgweogo Association, with about 20 members, benefited from a series of training sessions on agricultural practices that aim to improve their productivity, organisation and development of economic activities; Zaï and half-moons were experimented with in order to teach beneficiaries how to transform a resistant land into a resilient and favourable land for agriculture.
/ Mediterranean

The MedProgramme: Enhancing Environmental Security in the Mediterranean

Nine countries from the Mediterranean and a plethora of partners have joined forces in one programme that aims to reduce major transboundary environmental stresses in the Mediterranean coastal areas, strengthen climate resilience and water security and improve the health and livelihoods of coastal populations.
/ West Africa

Technical meeting to strengthen the resilience of communities and ecosystems to climate risks in the Volta Basin through the Nature-based Solutions approach

As part of the implementation of the activities of the project "Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning for Climate Change Adaptation in the Volta Basin (VFDM)", the VBA in collaboration with WMO, GWP-WA and IUCN organised and held six (6) national technical workshops on nature-based solutions for the development of bankable projects to mobilise funding for implementation in the national portions and at the scale of the entire Volta basin.
/ West Africa

Launch of the reforestation campaign by the #TFTC 2 Project in Benin

The project team of TonFuturTonClimat of Benin has officially launched the reforestation actions by the Mayor of Tanguieta (in northern Benin) in the presence of the Executive Secretary of CWP-Benin, the heads of the Local Committee of Water (CLE), the departmental forestry officer, the communal unit of the territorial agency of agricultural development and several other guests.